In an effort to prevent the incessant abductions bedivilling students across s hools in Northern Nigeria, the Adamawa State Government has engaged local hunters and vigilantes to protect schools and

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday passed the state’s Value Added Tax (VAT) and the bill that prohibits open cattle grazing. The Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, directed the acting

Morocco’s long-ruling party has suffered a crushing defeat to liberal rivals in parliamentary elections, according to provisional results announced by the interior minister. The Justice and Development Party (PJD) saw

West Africa’s main regional bloc has suspended Guinea’s membership, days after a military coup that removed President Alpha Conde. During an extraordinary virtual summit on Wednesday, leaders from the Economic

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on Wednesday, warned that the food crisis being experienced in the country could worsen if urgent and resilient steps were

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the Fifth Generation Network, otherwise known as 5G for the nation. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, who disclosed

Two hundred Americans and other foreigners who remain in Afghanistan are set to depart the war-ravaged country on charter flights from Kabul on Thursday after the new Taliban government agreed

A mobile Police Inspector was killed by bandits while 23 people were abducted following attacks on Ungwan Maje and Ungwan Laka communities in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday gave details of how loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine

Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women’s health and human rights, just as parts of the United States

West Africa’s main regional bloc says it is concerned Mali’s transitional government has not made sufficient progress towards organising elections early next year, as agreed after a military coup last

Governor of Katsina State in Nigeria’s northwest, Aminu Masari, has said with the benefit of hindsight, his government should never have negotiated with bandits, let alone grant them amnesty. Although

A Bureau de Change Operator in Maiduguri, Bukar Mohammed, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the Justice Aisha Kumaliya’s Borno State High Court on

Captain Ahmed Musa celebrated his 100th cap for Nigeria with a precious win that took the Super Eagles to a firm position at the top of Group C of the

As more than 13.6 million people across Ethiopia are estimated to be food insecure, the World Food Program would need $426 million emergency funding over the next six months to

South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has seen an increase of 1.2 percent in the second quarter compared to the previous three months, beating analysts’ forecasts. The data released, Tuesday

Libyans are questioning the timing of the release of Saadi Kadhafi, a son of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was overthrown and killed in a 2011 uprising. Some residents of the

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says he welcomes the decision to release his predecessor Jacob Zuma on medical parole, a decision taken just days before the resumption of the corruption trial of

Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Diallo has welcomed the coup that ousted Alpha Conde from power expressing his willingness to work with the junta. The military spent its first full day in charge